This training packet provides an introduction to interactive methods for training community health workers, and three lesson plans for training CHWs to include breast and cervical cancer messages in their work. The included lesson plans are (a) key facts about finding breast and cervical cancer early; (b) barriers to breast and cervical cancer screening, and (c) encouraging … [Read more...] about Breast and Cervical Cancer Messages for Community Health Worker Programs: A Training Packet (Part 2)
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Healthy Massachusetts Disease Management and Wellness: Focus on Diabetes
Chronic conditions, such as heart failure, diabetes and asthma are pervasive among Massachusetts residents. In March 2008, the Executive Office of Health and Human Services (EOHHS) convened the Disease Management and Wellness Task Force with broad representation from more than 40 organizations to develop an action-oriented framework for managing and treating chronic disease in … [Read more...] about Healthy Massachusetts Disease Management and Wellness: Focus on Diabetes
Healthy Massachusetts Disease Management and Wellness: Focus on Diabetes
Chronic conditions, such as heart failure, diabetes and asthma are pervasive among Massachusetts residents. In March 2008, the Executive Office of Health and Human Services (EOHHS) convened the Disease Management and Wellness Task Force with broad representation from more than 40 organizations to develop an action-oriented framework for managing and treating chronic … [Read more...] about Healthy Massachusetts Disease Management and Wellness: Focus on Diabetes
Outcomes of Community Health Worker Interventions
This report conducts a systematic review of the evidence on characteristics of community health workers (CHWs) and CHW interventions, outcomes of such interventions, costs and cost-effectiveness of CHW interventions, and characteristics of CHW training. … [Read more...] about Outcomes of Community Health Worker Interventions
From Directly Observed Therapy to Accompagnateurs: Enhancing AIDS Treatment Outcomes in Haiti and in Boston
This article examines Directly Observed Therapy (DOT-HAART) provided by CHWs or accompagnateur to HIV patients in Boston and Haiti. The CHWs provide psychosocial support and link the patients to clinical staff and available resources. The article suggests that the accompagnateur model can be applied to other poverty-stricken populations in resource-poor settings. … [Read more...] about From Directly Observed Therapy to Accompagnateurs: Enhancing AIDS Treatment Outcomes in Haiti and in Boston